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fusiforme

English translation: spindle-shaped; narrow (more than 3 times as long as wide) and tapered at both ends

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Spanish term or phrase:fusiforme
English translation:spindle-shaped; narrow (more than 3 times as long as wide) and tapered at both ends
Entered by: cw010 (X)

15:26 Jun 6, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Spanish term or phrase: fusiforme
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii – Arecaceae – Mascarena. Palmera de estípite fusiforme, liso y anillado. Las bases de las hojas, ensanchadas, conforman un capitel verdoso de base engrosada. Oriunda de las Islas Mascarenas.
Lorna O'Donoghue
Local time: 15:38
spindle-shaped; narrow (more than 3 times as long as wide) and tapered at both ends
Explanation:
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cw010 (X)
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4 +5spindle-shaped; narrow (more than 3 times as long as wide) and tapered at both ends
cw010 (X)
5tapered
Henry Hinds
5shaped like a spindle -
Fatima Zahra Melali


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tapered


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
spindle-shaped; narrow (more than 3 times as long as wide) and tapered at both ends


Explanation:
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cw010 (X)
Local time: 08:38
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
5 mins
agree  Sheila Hardie
15 mins
agree  Egmont
53 mins
agree  John Speese: I agree, and fusiform is also used in English.
2 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
4 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
shaped like a spindle -


Explanation:
or simply fusiform

Fatima Zahra Melali
Local time: 15:38
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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